Coming up -- Published Dec. 6, 2012

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Dec 6, 2012 at 12:01 AMDec 10, 2012 at 11:19 AM

The Stockton Symphony's annual concert has gained such popularity that two performances are needed to meet demand.

The Record

Music: Holiday Pops

The Stockton Symphony's annual concert has gained such popularity that two performances are needed to meet demand. The Stockton Chorale and Youth Chorale collaborate with conductor Peter Jaffe's orchestra during a program of songs, carols and traditional tunes inspired by the holiday season. They'll be joined, as usual, by professional vocalists - New York City-based Nat Chandler and Teri Dale Hansen, who sang with the symphony during a "Behind the Mask" pops show in October 2011. Dec. 16. Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College. (209) 951-0196.

Images of ships, seascapes, marine life and coastal panoramas are part of "Contemporary American Marine Art." The 15th national exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists, containing 120 items, is touring to just eight museums around the country. These centuries-old crafts - involving painting, sculpture and scrimshaw (bone or ivory engravings and carvings) - have preserved historical epochs and continue to capture marine history as it unfolds. The exhibit opens Dec. 20 and runs through March 3. The Haggin Museum, 1201 N. Pershing Ave., Stockton. (209) 940-6300.

Six local punk-rock groups get together to play the music of Joe Strummer, taking note of the 10th anniversary of the former Clash frontman's death. Dec. 22, Plea for Peace Center, Stockton.

Theater: "Peter Pan"

Cathy Rigby, a U.S. Olympic gold medal winner in 1968, has continued flying high with her gymnastics skills in this timeless classic. The San Diego native, now 60, has been nominated twice for Tony Awards for her Broadway performances as the ageless "Peter Pan." This is a newly imagined touring production of Scottish author J.M. Barrie's 110-year-old tale set on the island of Neverland. Pan, portrayed by Rigby, spends his childhood - it never ends - leading his Lost Boys gang through adventures. Dec. 26-30, Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H St., Sacramento. $16-$73. (916) 557-1999.

Event: Main Street Music

This monthly series of "Friday night coffee house" shows allows young musicians - solo or in groups - to perform in an open-mic setting. Dec. 28, 715 Central Ave., Tracy.

Bruce concentrates on the years during which Elvis Presley transformed American music and culture in the 1950s and early '60s. His Elvis tribute concentrates on Presley's formative years with vintage instruments, his "cool" clothing, greasy ducktail hairdo and provocative stage presence. Bruce has done his Elvis thing as part of Idols of the King and in videos for Faith Hill and Sheryl Crow and has been the "resident Elvis" on the daily "Mark and Brian" show in Los Angeles. He's also done roles on TV soap operas: "Days of Our Lives" and "The Bold and the Beautiful." Jan. 8, Hutchins Street Square, 125 S. Hutchins St., Lodi. $6-$21. (209) 333-5550.

Theater: "The Dining Room"

This A.R. Gurney "comedy of manners" is set in one dining room where 18 scenes from different houses overlap and intertwine. Jan. 4-6 and 11-13, Linden Community Theatre of the Arts. (209) 401-8549.